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Elaborate ice sculptures, an even more elaborate dress, and an abundance of royalty: it can only be the Nobel Banquet.

Taking place at Stockholm City Hall on Sunday, December 10th, the banquet was a typically glamorous affair and featured performances by musicians playing instruments made entirely of ice.

As usual, many of the speeches had a political slant: Michael Rosbash, one of the 2017 Medicine Prize winners, spoke of the importance of immigration to the development of societies, while Literature Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro talked about how the Nobel Prize can bring people together.